Raytheon to deliver advanced wide area augmentation system to the FAA for certification using Wind River`s VxWorks operating system.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 February 2002-RAYTHEON: Raytheon to deliver advanced wide area augmentation system to the FAA for certification using Wind River`s VxWorks operating system (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05022002 Wind River and Raytheon Company has announced that Raytheon is preparing to begin Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) FAA acceptance testing.

WAAS uses Wind River`s Tornado for DO-178B development environment, which includes the VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Following FAA acceptance Tornado for DO-178B and the rest of the WAAS system will be certified for commercial flight navigation use. The FAA tests will ensure WAAS is compliant with its system and software requirements as well as with the DO-178B standard - an...